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Tacloban City By-Pass Road to open next year

The Tacloban City By-Pass Road in the province of Leyte will be completely passable next year as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continue the construction of the project’s final phases.

The 8.23-kilometer road project, which has been carried out in five phases since 2015, is designed to decongest traffic along Maharlika Highway traversing the cities of Palo and Tacloban.

Construction works for the four-lane road implemented in the first three phases has been completed last year while the fourth and fifth phases are up for completion in August 2019.

DPWH 6 joins 32nd International Coastal Clean-up

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office VI, together with its District Engineering Offices (DEOs), participated in this year’s celebration of International Coastal Clean-up Day, with the theme: “Tayo ang Solusyon sa Polusyon.”

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Office VI spearheaded the activity which was attended by various National Government Agencies (NGAs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Local Government Units (LGUs), academic institutions and other environment protectors.

Kennon Road, 10 other roads still closed due to Ompong

As of 12 noon, Friday, September 21, 2018, a total of 11 road sections in Luzon remain impassable to all types of vehicles due to landslide, collapsed road, damaged bridge, and flooding.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Bureau of Maintenance identified nine (9) closed roads in Cordillera Administrative Region and two (2) in Central Luzon namely:

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1) Kennon Road

2) Baguio –Bontoc Road
a. K0362+680-K0362+780, Busa Section
b. K0371+400, Tiging Section, Sabangan

Kennon Road, 10 other roads still closed due to Ompong

As of 12 noon, Friday, September 21, 2018, a total of 11 road sections in Luzon remain impassable to all types of vehicles due to landslide, collapsed road, damaged bridge, and flooding.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Bureau of Maintenance identified nine (9) closed roads in Cordillera Administrative Region and two (2) in Central Luzon namely:

BENGUET
1) Kennon Road

2) Baguio –Bontoc Road
a. K0362+680-K0362+780, Busa Section
b. K0371+400, Tiging Section, Sabangan

DPWH still clearing 8 roads in Luzon

As of 12 noon, Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that eight (8) road sections in the Cordillera Administrative Region and Region III are still closed to traffic due to landslide, collapsed road, damaged slope protection, road slip and flooding.

Road sections that are impassable are the following:

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1) Kennon Road

2) Baguio –Bontoc Road
a. K062+680-K0362+780, Busa Section
b. K0371+400, Tiging Section, Sabangan

DPWH still clearing 8 roads in Luzon

As of 12 noon, Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that eight (8) road sections in the Cordillera Administrative Region and Region III are still closed to traffic due to landslide, collapsed road, damaged slope protection, road slip and flooding.

Road sections that are impassable are the following:

BENGUET
1) Kennon Road

2) Baguio –Bontoc Road
a. K062+680-K0362+780, Busa Section
b. K0371+400, Tiging Section, Sabangan

DPWH still clearing 8 roads in Luzon

As of 12 noon, Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that eight (8) road sections in the Cordillera Administrative Region and Region III are still closed to traffic due to landslide, collapsed road, damaged slope protection, road slip and flooding.

Road sections that are impassable are the following:

BENGUET
1) Kennon Road

2) Baguio –Bontoc Road
a. K062+680-K0362+780, Busa Section
b. K0371+400, Tiging Section, Sabangan

VILLAR: DPWH doubles effort to finish Boracay Project by October despite rains

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said DPWH is working double time to make Boracay Circumferential Road accessible in time for the island’s soft opening this October.

“With only over a month left for Boracay soft opening, DPWH personnel and equipment are making up for the works that have been slowed down by incessant rain” said Secretary Villar.

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